‘Come, Ye Thankful People, Come’

Here’s another Thanksgiving hymn which we were allowed to sing in school, and it never did us any harm. And now they want to forbid you singing hymns in church.

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come was written in 1844 by Henry Alford and has been a Thanksgiving favorite ever since. I find it deeply moving.

One thing I’m thankful for that they can’t take away from us, no matter what they do: Our God is pure and righteous, everlasting, all-powerful, all-wise–and no evil can come into His presence.

The wicked and the Godless are riding high in 2020; but their fall is guaranteed.

P.S.–If anybody has any more Thanksgiving hymns to request, the hymn shop is open!

 

‘We Gather Together’

Welcome to Thanksgiving, 2020.

We Gather Together is an old Dutch hymn, first published in 1597. Would you believe we used to be allowed to sing this in school?

We thank the Lord there are still things, all of His provision, to be thankful for.

Anniversary Day!

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Today Patty and I celebrate our 39th wedding anniversary. I hope we’re good for 39 more. And we’re gonna have lobsters for supper!

I said this last year, and it’s even truer now: I would not be me without my wife.  What God chose for me was way, way better than anything I could have thought to ask for.